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Sign for segregated entrances in Georgia (Photo date: circa 1940)
Photo Courtesy of the Georgia Archives

Ku Klux Klan Rally (Photo date: unknown)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Sign denouncing the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia (Photo date: 1946)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Eugene Talmadge, elected as Governor of Georgia in 1932, 1934, 1940 and again in 1946 (Photo date: 1943)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Members of the Hungry Club, taken at the Butler Street YMCA (Photo date: 1945)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Ellis Arnall, Governor of Georgia from 1942 -1947 (Photo date: 1947)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Grady School for Nursing in Atlanta (Photo date: 1952)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, the sixth president of Morehouse College, nationally noted educator, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo date: unknown)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Capitol Homes, an African American housing project (Photo date: 1952)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center


Capitol Homes, an African American housing project (Photo date: 1952)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center


First female school-traffic officers (Photo date: 1950)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

William Hartsfield, Mayor of Atlanta from1942 - 1961 (Photo date: 1952)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center


Murphy High School (Photo date: 1961)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center


Homes in the “shotgun” style, located near Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth home (Photo date: current)
Photo Courtesy of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Murphy High School (Photo date: 1961)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King, Sr. and Jr. were ministers (Photo date: current)
Photo Courtesy of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Julian Bond, student activist, member of the Georgia General Assembly for 20 years, and Chairman of the NAACP (Photo date: 1966)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Summerhill Riot (Photo date: 1966)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Summerhill Riot (Photo date: 1966)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Summerhill Riot (Photo date: 1966)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Julian Bond on the steps of the U. S. Capitol (Photo date: 1967)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Ralph McGill, Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution (Photo date: unknown)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Jim Cherry, superintendent of DeKalb County School System for 25 years, including the period of initial integration (Photo date: unknown)
Photo Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center

Altar at Ebenezer Baptist Church (Photo date: current)
Photo Courtesy of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Homes in the “shotgun” style, located near Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth home (Photo date: current)
Photo Courtesy of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site